Next Morning Artira and Her mother have a long mental talk Before Giving Lieutenant Sparrow A gift, As Megan and Pete Comes Clean About their Feelings

Next morning Sassali woken to see four of her children still asleep when she came to her daughter’s door, I sense she MMMM there she is feeling the breeze as Artira herself vaulted throughout the city…

On the other side however Artira felt her mother’s presence Good morning MotherSSSSS she hissed in her now reptilian mind why are you up thisssss early Sassali spoke …. I feel at ease out here mother ssssseeing all the good we canssss do….

Mother can I asssk you why usssss I know you saved ussss from being raped but issss there more than we know… I guesss you earned it that night when my snakessss chosen you to carry them I saw inside of you all the heroes you can become and to show the human world that our kind can co-exist…. But me mother why choose me as their leader the viper could have chosen anyone of us but why me…

Becaussse my dear daughter, your will and determination and strong sssssense of compassssion for jusssstice you know you also changed me as well… wait mom I…. I did how… you ssssee our kind of gorgons usually turn people to ssssstone by our looksssss, touchesssss and sssssssssssex I have let people live instead of turning them into a permanent stone fixture and I thank you daughter….

How do you choose who… deserves to die…? I obssserve then punish the guilty party like you but also sssssee sssssome of them are ssstuck in a bad place and now underssstand…. Sssso that is what we are Gorgons I always wanted to know what we are sssssso we are not freaksssss… not by a long sssshot dear…. Then you know Pete is needy too…. I know my dear… and he feelssss like hesss alone in thisssss…. I promise to find him brotherssss my daughter… not just more brotherssss my mother before all of thissss he was trying to get into my pantsssss for hissss frat…

Oh, how ssssweet you care for him sssssssso much that you want him to find sssssomeone to love and ssssettle down with making Sassali smile… youssss ssssshould tell him howssss you feelsssss daughter maybe it would be better to hear it from yousssss I will mother but now I have Busssssinessss to Attend to talk to you later mother….

Lieutenant Sparrow still passed out at her police desk…. When Artira landed on fire escape… Excusssssse me Lieutenant…. OH, SHIT WHO as she drew her gun startling Artira…. Don’t sssssshoot it’s me Artira… Jesus don’t sneak up on me like that… you know it's dangerous to keep windowssss open… like anyone would want to kill an officer in a police station… Touché Artira spoke… can we meet upstairs… Sure can I get you anything… Coffee creame and two sugars will be ssssssssssso nice…. Coming right up Maggie spoke…

Artira paced the rooftop back and forth when Maggie came out of the roof top access door… this is early even for you…. Ssssame can be said about you dear…. Any information about…... Yesssss my mother and our queen… you mean the person you all serve… with high regards to my mother’s queen she doesn’t force usss to do anything we don’t approve of so pleasssse keep your wordssss thoughtful… I’m sorry Artira I didn’t mean to offend… my queen told ussss that the only one who could produce that kind of power at the gym was a rival demigod… let me guess this demigod and your queen crossed paths before….

Yesssss a very long time ago she consumessss human soulssss twisting and turning them into her minionsssss of darknessss I feel that she hassss found two who had dormant elemental powerssss within themselvessss…. Please warn citizens if they ssssee any and all anomalies do not confront them…

Ok Maggie spoke I will try my best to… the very fate of our world is at stake here my dear Maggie… you know some people think the same of you and your four siblings… they fear what they don’t understand thatsss why we do what we can to sssshow we can co-exist and the other day you asssked how to contact ussss I came bearing giftssss….

Artira hands Maggie an intricate snake bracelet with black pearl what is this Maggie spoke this black pearl is linked with this and my family own bracelet see if you need ussss just rub the black gemstone it will alert ussss… so it is a communication device it is a little big on my wrist… let me ssssssee as Maggie felt the scaly palm against her hand and forearm…

Wow! That is weird and rough at the same time Maggie spoke when she saw the metal silver snake began to move and tighten then reharden around her wrist… how… how did you do this… Artira spoke Magic my dear Magic remember rub the gem if you need us…. Maggie lit up and said thank you for trusting me Artira…. Pleassse you may call me Artie if you ssssso desire in private… oh ok Artie so demigods are trying to take over the world and their rivals are here to stop them… thatsss the plan dear for we too want what you all desire… what’s that Maggie asked… Peace… see you around dear as Artira vaulted from the rooftop as Maggie smiled you go get them Artie finishing up her smoke and decided to head home…

Artira continued to bounce from rooftop to rooftop heading home when she landed on the balcony of the grand Egyptian hotel reverting to her human goddess in what looked like a hi-tech bathing suit seeing her brother and sisters sitting at the table eating breakfast… where were you sister… out… we know why didn’t you wait for us… Sisters, Brother I needed time to think… or more like meet the hot little Lieutenant… ok alright I met up with her to give her our communicator…

You went alone sister she needs to trust us too… guys I know this but if something would happen to me I am ok with that but if anything to you all I would never forgive myself, Alex you my dear sister got your life ahead of you in fashion design, I can see it now your designs on most of the popular models to come, Sam your Smarts you will be one of the top engineers of our time, Morgan you and your beauty can’t compete I see you too being called on to grace the covers of Magazines and Pete my brother I see you being in charge of some of the biggest Eco friendly companies we know existed and then there is me whom don’t have a future it seems…

Pete spoke you do so sister one day I believe you could run the world if you put your mind to it…. Yeah, right me being President that is a laugh as Sassali smiled back feeling her children grow stronger when Megan said Pete can you and I talk for a bit….

Hey Sister what’s up watching Sam, Morgan and Lex all return to the living room area… Brother I know before all this happened… Megs what is going on… Are you happy…? Happy… yes brother are you happy with things I knew before you were trying to hit on me that fateful night before all of this… Look if you weren’t interested Pete spoke back, I can’t think of you….

I wanted to tell you I had feelings for you too brother Jesus and I still do but you are now like a brother to me as Sam, Morgan, and Lex is like a sister as Meg cried, and I am afraid…It's ok dear I still think of you before that day thinking of what if making our bonds as family stronger and I fear for you four as well I be lost without… And you shouldn’t be I mean we can’t be heroes 24 hours a day right…

So True dear so true, but I am ok with everything and you should be too I love you sis… then take some advice from a sister to a brother… what’s that dear… find someone who you can call your own and love… why don’t you sister it takes two to tango and you need to find someone to love and be strong for you as well… I am afraid if I do then he finds out what I am and the dangers I could put in place…

Same boat sister Same boat but if the person you find loves you for who you are on the insides deep down in my slithering heart, he will love this snake side too making Meg smile in return… I know you all place me as the leader because of whom chosen me you know the viper could have chosen any of us but it chose me…

I think it shows the strong compassionate side of you think back at the bank heist all those people and that little girl would have been dead if it was not for your quick thinking… but she knows of our existence and who I am… and yet she sought you our sister to thank you how did that make you feel….

First off worried thought I was heading into a trap then Relieved… so see my dear the viper chose well and I have faith in you as the rest of them so come on let us rejoin them and have a day of relaxation on this fine Saturday Midday afternoon…

Pete, Yes Meg… thank you… for what… allowing me to open up… hey that’s what families are for dear just know we all have your back… So how is the copper… you mean Maggie… Oh! it’s Maggie is it… Brother… I’m just saying explore your options… yeah you would love that wouldn’t you seeing a woman and your snake sister in throes of lesbian bliss… wouldn’t any man… some times I wonder if I want to kill you or love you more brother... making Pete chuckle I am glad you keep me around sister as they began watching the television…

Amaunet walked up to Sassali and said your children are growing strong dear… will they be able to survive this my queen… even I so powerful cannot see that far my dear but trust into one another and who knows five will turn into six but when lets see where the fates take us shall we… Yes My Queen go relax with your children as Sassali slithered and return to her human form embracing her adoptive children like a mother to newborns enjoying the peace and quiet of busy downtown LA....